nasim samadifard

considering the lack of RCT’s and the importance of the subject it was necessary to examine the effectiveness of capacity building Dynamic Psychotherapy on emotion dysregulation and distress tolerance of boatrderline personality disorder patients.

this was a randomized controlled trial and from all BPD patients with high levels of emotion dysregulation and low levels of distress tolerance of neuropsychiatric clinics in Qom during fall 2023, 30 eligible individuals were selected using randomized clustered sampling and were randomly assigned into intervention and control group. The data from Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) and Distress Tolerance Scale (DTS) in pretest and posttest were analyzed via SPSS-26 through analyze of covariance (ANCOVA).

the ANCOVA results showed that the differences between groups in emotion dysregulation (F=75/66, p=0/04) and distress tolerance (F=86/15, p=0/02) were significant.

Capacity Building Dynamic Psychotherapy can be considered as an effective intervention for reducing emotion dysregulation and improving distress tolerance in BPD patients.

online game addiction today is one of the main threats to teenagers mental health. Research has shown than there is a high correlation betweeen educational procrastination and online game addiction. the present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of Motivational Interview on educational procrastination and online game addiction of adolescents.

The research method was semi-experimental with a “pre-test, post-test” design and with a control group. The statistical population of the study included all high school students  from Tehran’s the 2th district of  department of Education in 2024. Among these adolescents, 30 people were selected in a purposeful way and according to the entry criteria, and they were randomly assigned to the experimental group and the control group (15 people in each group). Research tools included Solomon's Educational Procrastination Questionarie and Online Game Addiction Index. The experimental group received the Motivational Interview program in 5 60-minute sessions. Data analysis was done using SPSS-26 software and Multiple  Analysis of Covariance test, after considering statistical assumptions.

 The results of the multivariate covariance test showed that there is a significant difference between the Motivational Interview group and the control group in a combination of variables of educational procrastination and online game addiction (F=45/72 and P<0/5). Also, the results of Bonferoni's post hoc test showed that the average of the group receiving the Motivational Interview program is significantly less than the average of the control group in both the variable of educational procrastination and online game addiction (P<0/05).

According to the results of the research, it can be said that the Motivational Interview can be an effective treatment for educational procrastination and online game addiction of adolescents.

Divorce rate has increased in recent rates, and failure to satisfy the sexual instinct and problems in the sexual performance of people are reportedly among the contributing factors. The present study was an attempt to investigate the association of sexual self-concept, cognitive fusion and religious attitudes with the sexual function of married men in Ardabil City.

The method of this research was descriptive-correlation type. The population of the study included all married men in Ardabil City in 2023. A total of 120 individuals were selected through convenience sampling and were asked to fill out the sexual self-concept, cognitive fusion, religious attitudes, and sexual function questionnaires. After collecting the questionnaires, the collected data were analyzed using Pearson's correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis simultaneously in SPSS version 18 software.

The results indicated that the sexual function of men is significantly correlated with positive sexual self-concept (0.58), negative sexual self-concept (-0.53), cognitive fusion (-0.70), and religious attitudes (0.72). (p<0.001). The results of multiple regression analysis also revealed that 63% of the variance of men's sexual performance is explained by sexual self-concept, cognitive fusion and religious attitude (p<0.001).

Based on the obtained results, psychologists and health professionals are advised to pay further attention to the contributing role of sexual self-concept, cognitive fusion, and religious attitudes in enhancement of married men’s sexual function.